This week Seven introduced their highlights for 2025, dominated by numerous returning leisure reveals.
However not all the things made the renewals by the point the Upfront was locked and loaded.
Certainly one of 2024’s massive reveals, Dream Dwelling, hosted by new Seven recruit Dr. Chris Brown was not introduced.
Seven Chief Content material Officer Brook Corridor tells TV Tonight, “It was a strong efficiency for us, near one million viewers common,… and we have been very proud of the integrations. It’s simply the steadiness of all the things, of how we’re rolling some reveals out.
“It could be one thing that comes again the next yr once more, as a result of we do like being in that area. We actually had some learnings from it, which you usually do with new codecs.
“I assumed the present that Endemol Shine delivered for us was a fantastic present. The numbers have been strong. Did they knock it out of the park? No…. however it’s nonetheless there.”
A present of this scale, renovating a number of properties throughout Australia, doesn’t come low-cost. That was one of many components which labored towards a 2025 renewal.
“In all probability within the earlier 4 years, it might have been an on the spot renewal, however lining up all of the reveals from an viewers perspective, we needed to simply make a number of selections,” he revealed.
“Plus, we wanted to discover a area for Stranded on Honeymoon Island, which is a brand new format that hasn’t aired on this territory coming in, one thing simply needed to transfer for monetary causes.”
After all Australia tv, not simply Seven, has an extended listing of reveals that fall underneath the “To be Determined” class which by no means see the sunshine of day once more, so make of that what you’ll..,
Nevertheless Chris Brown will characteristic in his personal new journey / animal sequence As soon as in a Lifetime, produced by ITV Studios Australia, during which personalities change into on the spot, if untrained, veterinary assistants.
“They’re self contained episodes. It’s nature, blended with journey, blended with celebrities. The tone, I need to say, actually adjustments from present to indicate. So that you get a distinct expertise. When Mick Molloy goes to Colombia you’ll see him with some hippos,” Corridor continues.
“Chris Brown additionally desires you to remove some learnings from it about nature and wildlife. However naturally, with Mick it’s blended with loads of humor. Amanda Keller has a little bit of that as effectively, in comparison with Kate Richie’s episode which has loads of coronary heart, and there’s truly some tears in there.”
With its tonal adjustments, Seven is but to find out if the sequence will display weekly or maybe as specials throughout the yr.
Chris Brown may even return as Dancing with the Stars co-host alongside Sonia Kruger, however with one present much less in 2025 how does Seven view the worth of their expertise signing?
“Being a community expertise, he’ll find yourself on another issues…. you’ll most likely see another initiatives being introduced within the New Yr.”
Additionally absent from the bulletins was a return for SAS Australia regardless of brash press feedback by host Ant Middleton.
“We’re nonetheless seeking to deliver that again. There’s some issues we’ve received to do. We’re areas,” Corridor insists.
“Personally, I believe it’s a present that basically cuts by, and sits in a distinct area. We’ve simply started working by a number of issues, however it’s one thing we’d nonetheless love to do.
“These bulletins weren’t (by) us!”
Actuality sequence Made in Bondi was additionally not renewed with Seven confirming its future relies on how the sequence, co-produced with Channel 4, performs overseas.
“There’s nonetheless an opportunity that present comes again in a partnership as a result of with the UK outcomes, they’re very proud of it. It clearly goes all over the world as a result of it’s linked to that Made In Chelsea model. So there could also be one thing that we announce additional on it. It’s a difficult one. It’s a streaming present. We select to, for many of our streaming reveals, nonetheless run a broadcast as a promotional instrument, however the viewers will get in contrast,” Corridor explains.
“It’s a streaming play over there, it’s for a selected sort. They’ve additionally received loads of legacy heritage with the Made in Chelsea model. For us, we’re making an attempt in addition up one thing new, which is, as we all know, all the time more durable.”
Actuality contest Final Escape, introduced for 2023, isn’t continuing.
